Working with lab resource
reservations and requests
You can reserve lab resources for immediate use or for specified
periods. You can also request a lab resource from a lab manager. Lab managers
can track and manage lab resource requests by viewing the status of all requests,
assigning requests to lab personnel to fulfill, or fulfilling them directly.
However, the reservation functions described in this section of the online
help might not be available, depending on how lab management permissions and
client access licenses have been defined for your user account.
- Reserving lab resources for immediate use
The function that this topic describes might
not be available, depending on how lab management permissions and
client access licenses have been defined for your user account. You can search for a lab resource
that matches the hardware and software configurations that you need for your
testing effort. When you open a list of all lab resources, you can click a
lab resource ID to see details about the hardware and software installed on
it. You can find out if the lab resource is available. You can then select
the lab resource and reserve it for 24 hours.
- Reserving a lab resource for a specified time period
The function that this topic describes might
not be available, depending on how lab management permissions and
client access licenses have been defined for your user account. You can search for a lab resource
that matches the hardware and software configurations that you need
for your testing effort. You can find out when the lab resource is
available, and then select the lab resource and reserve it for a specified
period.
- Viewing lab resource reservations
The function that this topic describes might
not be available, depending on how lab management permissions and
client access licenses have been defined for your user account. You can view all the lab resource
reservations that are reserved for you. You can view all your lab resource
reservations, your active lab resource reservations, and your future lab resource
reservations. The names of the reserved lab resources, the start and end dates
of the reservations, the request ID and status, and the name of the person
to whom the lab resource is assigned are displayed.
- Creating a lab resource request
You can create requests for lab resources whenever
you need the assistance of a lab manager to provide and configure a lab resource
with a specific hardware and software configuration.
- Viewing lab resource requests
You can view open and fulfilled requests and view
when requests were created, responded to, and assigned. You can also view
the priority and status of the requests. The request status can be draft,
submitted, assigned, returned, or fulfilled.
- Fulfilling requests and reserving lab resources
The function that this topic describes might
not be available, depending on how lab management permissions and
client access licenses have been defined for your user account. Lab managers can assign and
fulfill requests for lab resources and reserve the requested resources.